The 1996 Tour of Slovenia () was the 4th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑5 stage race held between 6 and 12 May 1996.
Tha main and biggest Slovenian daily newspaper Delo, sponsored additional money awarded sprints classification. Winner took then 150 deutsche marks (DEM) for each stage sprint win.
The Tour started with three short stages prologue (team time trial, elimination race and criterium).
And the main race consisted of actual 7 stages with 983 km (610.8 mi) in total.
Teams Total 96 riders (72 finished it) from 10 different countries and 18 teams started the race.
Professional
Amateur Rog Krka I Krka II (Krka Telekom) Sava RSV Histor Öschelbronn Cottbus Joko Nardi Čukarički Perutnina Ptuj
National Belarus (canceled) Bulgaria (canceled) Canada Kazakhstan Netherlands Slovakia
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseLengthTypeWinner06 May Ljubljana (BTC) Team time trial Rog06 May Ljubljana (BTC) 12 rounds Elimination race Marco Antonio Di Renzo06 May Ljubljana (BTC) Criterium Alexander Vinokourov17 MayMetlika – Metlika Plain stage Stefano Giraldi28 May Podčetrtek – Radenci Plain stage Marco Antonio Di Renzo39 May Radenci – Ljutomer Time trial Robert Pintarič49 May Ljutomer – Beltinci Plain stage Olaf Pollack510 May Beltinci – Grosuplje Hilly stage Igor Kranjec611 May Vrhnika – Bovec Mountain stage Lorenzo Di Silvestro712 May Nova Gorica – Novo mesto Hilly stage Zoran Klemenčič Total
Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner Generalclassification Pointsclassification Mountainsclassification Young riderclassification Intermed. sprintsclassification Delo's sprintsclassification Teamclassification 0 Rog Marco Di RenzoRobert Pintarič Matthias Jandtnot available Alexander Vinokourov Lorenzo Di Silvestro Rog 1 Stefano Giraldi Stefano Giraldi not available Stefano Giraldi Bedin Bogdan Fink 2 Marco Di Renzo 3 Robert Pintarič not available not available not awarded not available 4 Olaf Pollack Bedin 5 Igor KranjecMarco Di Renzo Stefano Giraldi Alexander Vinokourov 6 Lorenzo Di SilvestroLorenzo Di Silvestronot available not available not available not available 7 Zoran Klemenčič Lorenzo Di Silvestro Alexander Vinokourov Tadej Valjavec Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov Final Lorenzo Di Silvestro Lorenzo Di Silvestro Alexander VinokourovAlexander Vinokourov
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the Delo's blue jersey classification Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
General classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Lorenzo Di Silvestro Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 2 Stefano Giraldi Selle Italia - Glacial 3 Marco Antonio Di Renzo Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 4 Boris Premužič Rog 5 Nicola Ramacciotti Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 6 Iztok Melanšek Perutnina Ptuj 7 Robert Pintarič Rog 8 Martin Hvastija Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 9 Tadej Valjavec Sava 10 Stefano Toniazzo Nardi
Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Lorenzo DI Silvestro Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo.
Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Alexander Vinokurov Kazahstan 182 Lorenzo Di Silvestro Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 163 Andrej Kivilev Kazahstan 124 Stefano Giraldi Selle Italia - Glacial125 Bogdan Ravbar Krka 5
Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Tadej Valjavec Sava Kranj23h 31' 02"
Intermediate sprints classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Alexander Vinokourov Kazahstan 242 Andrej Kivilev Kazakhstan 183 Bogdan Fink Krka 74 Michal Reif Czechia 65 Bogdan Ravbar Krka 5
Delo's blue jersey sprints classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Alexander Vinokurov Kazahstan 242 Bogdan Fink Krka 153 Rajko Petek Sava 134 Bogdan Ravbar Rog 85 Marco Antonio Di Renzo Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 6
Team classification RankTeamTime1 Cantina Tollo-Co.Bo. 2 Selle Italia - Glacial3 Rog4 5 ...... ...6 Krka I 7 Krka II
References
External links
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